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OFFICERS. 



PRESIDENT : 

ALEX. J. P. GARESCHE. 

VICE-PRESIDENT : 

B. M. CHAMBERS. 

TREASURER : 

EDWARD T. FARISH. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY : 

JULES DESLOGE. 

RECORDING SECRETARY: 

GEORGE W. FICHTENKAM. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : 

ROBERT A. BAKEWELL, 
J. B. S. ALLEYNE, M.D., 
Rev. THOMAS M. FINNEY. 



THE ASSOCIATE ALUMNI 



OF THE 



ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY 



THE ORIGIN AND FORMATION OF THE 
UNIVERSITY. 



\Abridged from " Thotights About St. Louis,'''' by Hon. John Hogan.'\ 

The St. Louis University, the oldest chartered institution 
of learning in the city of St. Louis, and probably the oldest 
in the Mississippi Valley, was founded in 1829 on its present 
site, then far distant from the settled portions of the town. 
A portion of the ground on which it was erected was a gift 
to the institution, and is said by Mr. Hogan, in his per- 
sonal recollections embodied in his well-kno^vn pamphlet, 
" Thoughts About St. Louis," to have been a swamp of little 
value at the time. The space occupied, and now almost 
entirely covered, by the buildings of the college and the 
church of. St. Francis Xavier is bounded by Ninth street on 
the east, Eleventh street west, and Washington avenue and 
Green street on the south and north. The institution wa^ 
incorporated in 1832. 



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The establishment of such an institution at that early- 
date, when St. Louis numbered only 6,000 inhabitants, was 
due to the untiring exertions of the late Rev. Charles Van 
Quickenbome, S. J., aided by the labors of Rev. Peter J. 
Verhsegen, S. J., Rev. John Elet, S. J., and Rev. P. J.. 
DeSmet, S. J., who composed the first faculty of the new 
college. 

The central portion of the present building on Green 
street, 40 by 50 feet, was opened for reception of students 
on 3d November, 1829. The citizens of St. Louis contri- 
buted $4,000 toward its erection. Two hundred and twenty 
day scholars and fifteen boarders were pursuing their studies 
within these walls within four months from the day of 
opening. The increase of students rendered necessary the- 
erection of the eastern wing in 1831, and in 1833 the 
western wing was completed. In 1836 the purchase from 
the college of St. Acheuil, in France, of its splendid philo- 
sophical and chemical apparatus rendered the erectionjof a 
fourth building necessary for its accommodation, and a new 
structure was at once put up upon the college grounds for- 
this piupose, and to provide for the necessity of an annual 
and monthly exhibition hall. The church, 67 feet front on 
Ninth street by 127 feet in depth on Green, was commenced 
in 1840 and completed in 1842. Its basement was long 
used as a parish school, but in a short time the parish school 
was transferred to a large three-story brick building fronting 
on Green, and lying west of the original college building. 
One floor of this structure only was used for the parish 
school, the rest of the building being devoted to the pur- 
poses of the college. 

A medical department of the college was now organized^ 



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and for its accommodation a medical college was erected on 
the Washington avenue front. The medical college having 
since developed into an independent institution, this building 
was afterward purchased by the faculty, and also devoted to 
the purposes of the college proper. 

The growing necessities of the college called for the erec- 
tion of a ninth building in 185 1; and, in 1854, under the 
auspices of the late lamented J. B. Druyts, S. J., a tenth 
building, of the most commodious, durable and substantial 
character, was Isrected, three stories high, fronting 60 feet on 
Ninth street by a depth of 130 feet on Washington avenue. 
The ground floor is yet used for a student's chapel and study 
hall ; the second story was especially fitted up for lectures 
on physics and chemistry, and for the accommodation of 
chemical and philosophical apparatus, and the college lib- 
rary, numbering over 16,000 volumes; and the third floor 
gave an exhibition hall of 113 by 55 feet. 

The last important addition to the buildings on the present 
site of the University, the erection of which left the institu- 
tion materially as it at present exists, is the eleventh building, 
with an ornamental front on Ninth street of 80 feet. This 
erection was commenced in the spring of i860, and opened 
for use in the fall of the same year. It is four stories high, 
containing ten class rooms, fitted up with all the latest im- 
provements. On the third floor is the Philalethic hall, which 
has lately been elegantly decorated. Two large designs in 
firesco cover almost the entire ceiling. One of these, repre- 
senting Literature and Art offering their tribute to Education, 
forms a group of three figures. Education is designated by 
a majestic being, resting on a Cross. Literature, holding a 
quill, and Art a brush and pallet, are two heavily draped 



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female figures clasping hands with each other and apparently 
advancing toward Education. The other design is emblem- 
atical of the three kinds of public speaking. It consists of 
allegorical delineations of Patriotism, Justice and Religion 
crowning Eloquence. The walls and the comers of the 
ceiling are further ornamented with gothic pillars and medal- 
lion heads of celebrated orators. Besides steel engravings 
of Raphael's seven famous scriptural cartoons, donated ta 
the Philalethic Society during the course of the past year,, 
the hall contains a handsome collection of the photographs 
of the Alumni graduated at the University. In this hall 
the weekly debates of the Philalethic Society and the social 
gatherings of the Alumni are held. . 

The fourth story is one large hall, used as a dormitory for 
the larger students. 

FORMATION OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. 

In 1869 the St. Louis University attained the 40th year 
of its existence. It numbered, living and dead, 107 Alumni^ 
and a general desire to organize on the basis of their com- 
mon educational traditions found expression in the following 
correspondence, which speaks for itself: 

St. Louis, Septe77iber 29, 1868. 
Rev. F. H. Stuntebeck, S. J. : 

Dear Rev. Sir — The St. Louis University has entered on the last 
decade of its first half century. It has many children scattered over the 
Union and engaged in the active duties of hfe, each in his separate 
sphere. It has occurred to some of these Alumni of our beloved Alma 
Mater that the time has come to form a society of these graduates by 
means of which the traditions and dear and valuable associations of our 
happy college life may be, in a measure, preserved. 

If this design meet with the approbation of yourself and the Faculty,, 
we beg to suggest the approaching fair week as a period that brings 



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many of our fellow graduates to this city from distant points, and to 
request you to name a place and a day in that week for the holding of a 
meeting for the purpose of carrying the design into practical operation, 
and effecting the organization of a Society of Associate Alumni of the 
St. Louis University. 

Very respectfully yours, 
P. F. O'REILLY, E. J. FITZPATRICK, 

B. M. CHAMBERS, ALEX. J. P. GARESCHE, 

A. J. KEXXEDY, E. T. FARISH. . 



Messrs. O'Reilly, E. J. Fitzpatrick, B. M. Chambers, A. J. P. 

Garesche, E. T. Farish and A. J. Kennedy: 

Gentlemen — Your communication of the 29th instant has been re- 
ceived. The Faculty, as well as myself, heartily approve of your design 
to hold a meeting of the Alumni of the L^niversity for the purpose of 
organizing a societj'- among themselves. 

In compliance with your desire, I request all the Alumni to meet on 
Wednesday, October 6th, at 7^ p. m., in the Philalethic Hall of the 
University. , ' 

Yours, respectfully, 

F. H. STUNTEBECK, S. J., Prcst. 

St. Louis University, Sept. 30, 1869. 

In accordance with the intimation of Rev. President Stun- 
tebeck — which was at once communicated generally to the 
Alumni by letters addressed to each individual, so far as 
practicable — a meeting, very respectably attended, was held 
at the place designated. This 

PRELIMINARY MEETING 

being duly organized by the appointment of Alex. J. P. 
Garesche as Chairman and Edward T. Farish as Secretary, 
Messrs. O'Reilly, Hood, Chambers, Smith, M.D. and AUeyne, 
M.D., were appointed a committee to report resolutions ex- 



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pressive of the sense of the meeting. The committee, during 
the course of the evening, submitted the following 

REPORT. 

1. Your committee recommend that a general public meeting of the 
Alimmi of the St. Louis University be held in this city, at a suitable 
time, in the approaching month of November. 

2. That at this re-union there be inaugurated a literary and social 
entertaimnent. 

3. That a committee of three be appointed by the President of this 
meeting to choose speakers for the occasion. 

4. That the Hterary exercises consist of two addi-esses and a poem. 

5. That a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to draft a 
Constitution and By-Laws, to be submitted to the Alunmi assembled in 
November for their approval. 

6. That the committee on speeches also appomt one person to res- 
pond to the toast of the day at the social gathering. 

7. That the thanks of the meeting be returned to the Rev. President 
of the University for the kind interest he has manifested in our proposal 
of organization and his valuable co-operation therein. 

8. That the proceedings of this meeting be pubhshed in the papers 
of this city. 

The report was adopted unanimously. 

On motion, it was further resolved that a committee be 
appointed to confer with the President of the University in 
regard to the proposed banquet. 

The Chair appointed the following gentlemen present as 
the Committee on Literary Exercises and on the Constitu- 
tion : Messrs. P. F. O'Reilly, Robert A. Bakewell and A. 
J. Kennedy ; and as Committee on the Matter of the Social 
Entertainment the folloA\ing: B. M. Chambers, Julius S. 
Walsh, Felix McArdle, A. J. Kennedy. 

The Committee on the Banquet, on conferring with the 



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President of the University, found any further action on 
their part superseded by a request on the part of the 
authorities of the University to be allowed, themselves alone, 
to provide for the first banquet of the Associate Alumni of 
the St. Louis University. 

The Committee on Literary Exercises subsequently 
appointed as Poet, Rev. Edward J. Fitzpatrick, A.M.; as 
Orator, Gerald Griffin, A.M., and Alexander J. P. Garesche, 
LL.D., was named to deliver the concluding address. The 
literary exercises were appointed to take place on Wednes- 
day, November 17, 1869, in the large hall of the St. Louis 
University. A meeting of the Alumni was called at the 
Philalethic hall of the College for the i8th of November, 
1869, to vote upon the proposed Constitution; and the ban-, 
quet was arranged for the same date, to take place at four 
p. M., in the University building. 

THE LITERARY EXERCISES. 

On the 17th November, 1869, a large and . fashionable 
audience assembled in the University hall for the purpose of 
assisting at the Literary Exercises, which were in accordance 
with the programme of the committee, and met with the 
warm approbation both of the Alumni and of their numerous 
friends who graced and honored the occasion by their 
attendance. 

PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. 

On the following day (i8th of November), at three 
p. M., a meeting of the Alumni of the St. Louis University- 
was held in the hall of the Philalethic Society to effect a 
permanent organization. 



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It was presided over by Mr. B. M. Chambers. Of the 
Alumni there were present — A. J. P. Garesche, Rev. Fred. 
P. Garesche, S. J.; Rev. Thomas M. Finney, Ferd. L. 
Garesche, J. B. S. Alleyne, M.D., Ed. T. Farish, Rev. Ed. 
J. Fitzpatrick, F. L. Haydel, Dr. M. L. Linton, Robert A. 
Bakewell, Geo. Hood, Ed. Leavy, B. M. Chambers, J. H. 
Reel, T. Grace, A. Averbeck, E. Brady, Rev. P. F. O'Reilly, 
R. Anderson, A. J. Kennedy, J. Conroy, G. Griffin, J. S. 
Walsh, Jules Desloge, Geo. W. Fichtenkam, Geo. Loker,. 
James A. Walsh, Charles Knapp, S. Barclay, C. Loker, J. 
O'Meara, F. McArdle, G. Backer and L. McCabe. 

The Committee on the Constitution submitted their 
report, which, with slight modification, was accepted. The 
Constitution was submitted to the vote of the Alumni, para- 
graph by paragraph, and finally adopted in the form here- 
after set forth. 

The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers, 
with the following result : 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

President — A. J. P. Garesche. 
Vice-President — B. M. Chambers. 
Treasurer — Ed. T. Farish. 
Corresponding Secretary — Jules Desloge. 
Recording Secretary — George W. Fichtenkam. 

Executive Committee — R. A. Bakewell, J. B. S. Alleyne, M.D. ; 
Rev. Thomas M. Finney. 

THE BANQUET. 

On adjournment, the Alumni proceeded to the dining 
hall of the University, where a sumptuous banquet was 
served up in excellent style; after doing full justice to which,. 
an adjournment was had to the Philalethic hall, where "the 



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feast of reason and the flow of soul" was inaugurated in 
earnest. The University, with a profusion of hospitality ,- 
had here again spread the truly hospitable board with every 
lighter delicacy, cakes, fruits and ices, accompanied with a 
generous supply of the finest wines. The head of the table 
was taken by the President, Alexander J. P. Garesche, 
LL.D., who proposed the first toast — "The success of our 
Alma Mater, the St. Louis University." 

The Rev. F. H. Stuntebeck, President of the University,, 
was called upon to respond, which he did as follows : 

RESPONSE OF FATHER STUNTEBECK. 

The flattering toast to which I have the honor of responding would 
be calculated to cause me some embarrassment, were I not sensible that 
whatever tends to raise the St. Louis University must also redound to 
the credit of her Alumni. If she is favorably known to the public as a 
seat of learning, she owes it in a great measure to those who once fre- 
quented her classic halls. For in this land of Mammon-worship — of 
shallow learning and shallower principles — where cunning too often 
usurps the place of education, where the stripling of fourteen or fifteen 
summers is deemed capable of filhng the post of a man, where no books 
are considered valuable but the journal and the ledger^ and elegance of 
penmanship is a greater recommendation than accuracy of judgment — 
how shall we convince the world at large that there is any use in spend- 
ing six or seven long years of early youth upon a school form, except 
by pointing to the lives of such men as are gathered around this festive 
board ? 

Representing nearly all the honorable professions practiced in a free 
country, the Alumni of this institution can not fail to benefit every circle 
of society; for the influence of a cultivated mind is spontaneous. It 
manifests itself at once in depth and comprehensiveness of thought, and 
even unconsciously sways the untutored crowd : ^^ Mens agitat mole?n.''^ 

This superiority does not result from a multiplicity of petty acquire- 
ments. Such encyclopedic knowledge, even if it were within the reach 
of the human mind, could only tend to dwarf its growth. Hence, ouc 



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age, which is so fond of the spurious kind of education, and aims at 
manufacturing a sort of mental " Jack-of-all-trades," has succeeded only 
in making a "master-in-none." Afraid of not keeping pace with the 
times, many a superficial thinker throws his crude productions upon the 
market by handfuls, and, rather than plead ignorance in anything, pro- 
fesses, Hke the Athenian sophist, to treat *'^^ ojjini re scibili et de 
qicibiisdatn aliis.''^ 

Poor wight ! His pretensions only betray a mind unconscious of its 
own weakness and expose him to the ridicule of the reflecting pubhc. 
He ought first to be instructed in the very rudiments of knowledge, and, 
follomng the ad^dce of the ancient philosopher, begin by unlearning 
whatever he fancies himself to know. 

A. college course, far from favoring such an illusion, tends more than 
anything else to dispel it. It aims at what is really soUd and useful. It 
cultivates the intellect, develops its hidden resources, and stimulates its 
latent energies to action ; in brief, it forms the man capable of spon- 
taneous thoughts, not the automaton relying upon the ''ipse dixit" of 
others, and, with the regularity of a grinding organ, reproducing the 
opinions of a former generation. Is it not reasonable, then, that while 
a college does not disregard minor accomphshments, it should lay par- 
ticular stress on those branches which the experience of centuries has 
proved to be best adapted for tlais mental training ? 

How could it set aside the mathematics, with their rigid deductions 
and close reasoning, so well fitted to supply solid nourishment, whose 
every particle is incorporated into the constitution of the mind and con- 
verted mto its very substance ? Here effort is success. Whether the 
student, who has been for hours racking his brain over some knotty 
problem, at last finds the desired solution, is of comparatively small 
moment, if it has only served to rivet his attention and develop in him 
the power of thought. WTiether taste will lead the graduate to carry a 
Gunter's chain and measuring rod, or apply the intricate formulas of 
Kepler to the revolution of the planets, is quite immaterial, provided 
every speech which he dehvers, every newspaper article which he con- 
tributes, every opinion which he expresses, bears the impress of a 
reflecting mind. Now, this is a result which the careful study of the 
mathematics can not but produce. Plato himself must have realized 



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it when over the door of his lyceum he placed the inscription: "Let 
no one ignorant of geometry enter here." Had he hved in America 
instead of Greece, he would probably have added : " Let no one igno- 
rant of Greek enter here!" 

For how could a scholar neglect the classic languages, which exhibit 
in their very structure the thoughts of antiquity, and, by their flowing 
periods, attune the Saxon ear to melody ? How indispensable are they 
for the study of the sciences, whose endless vocabulary of technical terms 
must sound like unmeaning jargon to one unacquainted with Greek and 
Latin ? How useful in acquiring a knowledge of the modern languages 
of Southern Europe, or even a thorough appreciation of our own hybrid 
tongue ? Indeed, there are few students who do not feel the want of 
Greek and Latin even before completing what is termed a good English 
education. The majority of classical scholars may, pei-haps, be unable 
to compose in Latin with the elegance of Cicero, but all can acquire that 
knowledge without which it is next to impossible to attain eminence in 
any of the learned professions. 

After this preparation, the student enters upon a course of philosophy, 
and, besides increasing his general knowledge, at least begins to see the 
several sciences in their relation to each other. Those who view a few 
objects disconnectedly, tincture whatever they treat with their own 
favorite hobbies ; and, as partial to their acts as Cicero's musician, who 
defined the soul as a " species of harmony," they are never at a loss to 
explain everything by their own one-sided principles. They have never 
even learned to doubt their own infallibility. Indeed, they furnish the 
best illustration of the saying, a " little learning is a dangerous thing." 
Yet, "in self-adoring pride securely mailed," they are perfectly invul- 
nerable by any argument, and woe to the man who attempts to disabuse 
them. They necessarily have distorted ideas of everything, because all 
the sciences have so intimate a connection that one can not be fairly 
viewed without reference to the others. The truths which they teach 
form a sort of Jacob's ladder, sustained at the top by the hand of God, 
the author and source of all truth. Hence, it also follows that all 
knowledge not referred to the Almighty is destitute of a good and firm 
support. His influence can not be ignored in anything without damaging 
scientific research and leading to the most absurd theories. For all 
nature acts in obedience to His will. The primary atoms of matter. 



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their properties, their mutual action, their disposition and collocation ; 
•electricity, magnetism, gravitation, and whatever subtle principles the 
mind of man is detecting or shall detect, are but instruments in His 
hands. Man, with his motives and works, his languages and his diffu- 
sion, is from Him. Societies, laws, governments — He is their sanction. 
The course of events, the revolution of empires, the rise and fall of 
states, are from His disposition. **He enHghteneth every man that 
Cometh into the world." All that is good, all that is true, all that is 
beautiful, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, 
comes from Him. " He is the Alpha and Omega," the beginning and 
the end of all things. Religion, then, of one kind or another, is com- 
plicated with every department of human knowledge. It is not a mere 
sentiment without any objective reality. Were it not for its teachings, 
many truths, even in the natural order, must have remained unknown 
forever. 

Accordingly, the St. Louis University does not attempt to secularize 
education, conscious that by inculcating definite religious principles she 
contributes in the most efficacious manner to the solidity of profane 
learning. She wishes to form men of sound principles no less than of 
independent views — men shrinking from the investigation of no truth that 
the human intellect can fathom, yet willing, with the great St. Augustine, 
to be ignorant where God wished us to be ignorant; men, in fine, to 
whom she may point as models, not merely of learning, but likewise of 
virtue. She is proud of everything which can prove to the world that 
she has been successful in her aim — proud of the noble stand ever taken 
by her graduates in the past — proud of the union which they purpose 
to form among themselves at present. 

As her representative I would, therefore, beg to offer as a toast, 
-' ' The Associate Alumni of the St. Louis University : may they complete 
the work they have begun, and always be as devoted to their Alma Mater 
as she is to them." [Loud applause.] 

Mr. Edward T. Farish was called upon to respond to the 
toast offered by Father Stuntebeck. He said : 

RESPONSE OF MR. FARISH. 
Mr. President — It is with feelings of pleasure, not unmixed with 
sorrow, that I rise to respond to the toast that has just been proposed. 



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Prior to the late unhappy war it was my privilege, in common with all 
the former members of the Philalethic Society within call of the sacred 
precincts, to meet once a year around the festive board, and there, whilst 
renewing their old friendships and strengthening the ties which separa- 
tion may have weakened, to form the acquaintance of the then active 
members of that association. In this way those that had left their alma 
mater, and yet remained near, became acquainted, year by year, with 
those that were about bidding adieu, and with those that were preparing 
their sails to launch forth firom this safe harbor and happy retreat upon 
the troubled waters of life's tempestuous sea. The union thus formed 
was a link that bound us together in after years, and formed a bond of 
union — a life-long tie. But since 1861 all this was changed. For pru- 
dential reasons, the 22d of February was no longer held as a festal day , 
and the members of the Philalethic Society grew to be graduates, separ- 
ated far and vidde, and became utter strangers to those that had preceded 
them in the course. For this, among other reasons, I rejoice that we 
have formed an association of the Alumni of this University. In this 
•connection it is a pleasing thought, and one that has suggested itself to 
me as appropriate on this occasion, to garner up some of the memories 
of the past that cluster around us. As the love of the home of our 
nativity, the reverence for the associations and scenes of our early boy- 
hood, is instinctive, and forms one of the noblest attributes of our nature, 
so the attachment for our college home, our school-mates and professors, 
is kindred to it. With fond recollection memory brings to light every 
old familiar face, every place and scene that marked our pleasure though 
it may have brought us pain. The impressions then made are lasting, 
and endure as long as memory holds its seat. Everything else may 
fade ; the scenes of yesterday, the pleasure, the pain and the anguish of 
after years are forgotten, but the associations of youth cling to us, and 
form our most lively recollections. The speaker then referred to some 
personal reminiscences with which were associated Bro. Henry, Bro. 
Hendricks and Bro. Frank. 

Looking round, how few of the old professors remained ! With what 
fond recollections they clung to the memory of the preceptors of their 
youth ! It was only in after-life, when looking back and revieveing the 
past, that they appreciated the favor vouchsafed them in early life in 
liaving such teachers to direct them, and who, whilst doing so, deemed it of 



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first importance to train the heart. The principles they inculcated and 
the lessons they taught there were of constant service in after life and 
proved the guiding star of their conduct. The epitaphs of many of those 
professors might be seen in the quiet little graveyard at the Novitiate at 
Florissant, yet their deeds live after them. Death had not been inactive 
among those who had been instructed at the University. Commencing 
with the class of 1840, and then going down to 1852, there were only 
ten left; of the six that took their degree in 1852, only two beside the 
speaker remained. He congi-atulated them on the formation of that 
association, trusted that many would be gathered in forming a nucleus 
around which all who might Come after them will be aggregated in one 
common brotherhood. [Applause.] 

The President proposed the health of the Rev. Thomas 
M. Finney. 

ADDRESS OF REV. T. M. FINNEY. 

The Rev. T. M. Finney responded, and gave the toast: "The 
foundation of the St. Louis University, laid in the principle of religious 
culture, is both philosophical and scriptural." He remarked that it had 
been intimated to him that he would be rather out of place there as a 
Protestant, but he had told his friends that they were altogether mis- 
taken, for he was very sure that the ties of that association disregarded 
all distinctions of politics or creed, and that the Alumni would unite on 
the basis announced in their constitution. [Applause.] He had heard 
with pleasure the closing portion of the address of the President of the 
mstitution, which suggested the sentiment that it was not considered the 
purpose of that institution to secularize education, for there M'as no edu- 
cation worthy of the name which does not embrace religious culture. 
[Applause.] They might differ as to what constituted the doctrine to 
be taught, but he was simply advocating the principle that there could 
be no true education which does not contemplate the development of 
that highest attribute of our nature — our spiritual faculties. Physical 
education, disassociated from the intellectual, will produce a perfect 
animal but an intellectual imbecile, and to train the intellect and neglect 
the cultivation of the moral pov^ers is to produce an intellectual giant 
and a moral monster at the same time. [Cheers.] He advocated free 



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inquiry, but said he would put education under the protection of religion. 
He closed some lengthy and interesting remarks by saying that if that 
or any other institution in the land is to succeed in its object, its true 
foundation must be laid in the principle of religious culture. [Loud 
applause. ] 

In answer to volunteer toasts, appropriate and witty 
speeches, suited to the happy occasion, were made by Rev. 
F. P. Garesche, S. J.; Dr. Linton; Messrs. Barclay, 
Bakewell, Rev. Mr. Phelan, Rev. Mr. O'Reilly, Rev. John 
Virden, S. J.; Messrs. Griffin, Chambers, Kennedy, Prof. 
Felix McArdle, Ferd. L. Garesche, and others. 

Letters of regret for non-attendance were read from the 
following non-resident members: James A. Timmons, 
Bowling Green, Kentucky; Emile Doumeing, New Orleans; 
J. R. Barrett, New York; Henry Brooke Kelly, New 
•Orleans; John Moynihan, Milwaukee. 

A letter was also read from the Philalethic Society 
requesting the photograph and autograph of each one of the 
Associate Alumni, to be preserved by the Philalethic. 

The Society adjourned at a late hour, with the impression 
that the success of the first exercises of the Alumni Associa^ 
tion on the 17th and i8th November, 1869, was the happiest 
.augury of its future prosperity. 



CONSTITUTION 



OF THE SOCIETY OF THE 



Associate Alumni of the St. Louis University, 



PREAMBLE. 



The graduates of the St. Louis University, whose names 
are undersigned, being desirous of organizing a society 
whose main object shall be to strengthen the ties which 
should unite them mth each other and the institution at 
which they were educated, do adopt the following 

CONSTITUTION. 

Art. L — Name. 

The name of the Society shall be "The Associate 
Alumni of the St. Louis University." 

Art. IL — Objects. 

The objects of this Association shall be the strengthening 
and preservation of the traditions of the University; the 
promotion of Christian culture, literature and education; 
and the maintenance of a fellow feeling among the graduates- 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 1 9 

Art. III. — Members. 

None shall be admitted as members of this Society 
except those who have received from the St. Louis 
University the degree of Bachelor of Arts or some higher 
degree. 

Art. IV. — Officers. 

The officers shall be a President, Vice-President, Treas- 
urer, Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary. 

Art. V. — The President. 

Ilie President must be a Master of Arts of the St. Louis 
University at the time of his election. No person having a 
merely honorary or ad ciindcm degree shall be eligible as 
President. 

Art. VI. — Duties of Officers. 

Section i. The President»shall exercise all the functions 
of a presiding officer, and the Vice-President shall supply 
his place in his absence. 

Sect. 2. The Treasurer and Recording Secretary shall 
receive and pay out all moneys. The Treasurer shall make 
an annual report of all receipts and expenditures, which shall 
be countersigned by the Recording Secretary. The Record- 
ing Secretary shall make and keep an accurate record of the 
proceedings of each meeting ; he shall be the custodian of 
the books and papers of the Association, and shall keep a 
correct roll of the Society, with name in full and actual 
address of each member. 

Sect. 3. The Corresponding Secretary shall receive and 
answer all letters addressed to the Society ; he shall conduct 



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its correspondence and preserve and report to the Society 
all communications. 

Art. VII. — Election of Officers. 

All officers shall be elected annually (subject to the pro- 
visions of Art. VIII of the Constitution in this regard), and 
shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors 
are duly elected and qualified. A majority of votes shall 
elect. 

Art. VIII. — Executive Committee. 

An Executive Committee shall be elected biennially, and. 
shaU be composed of three members, together with the 
President of the Association and the President for the time 
being of the St. Louis University. The Committee shall 
elect its own chairman, and shall, in the absence of definite 
instructions, have discretionary powers to provide for and 
order disbursements; to determine the character of the 
literary exercises and entertainments of the Association, and 
to make all arrangements for the same; and to appoint to 
all vacancies in office — the appointees of the Committee to 
hold till next election. The Executive Committee shall 
have power to make all necessary by-laws. 

At each annual meeting of the Society the chairman of 
the Executive Committee, or any member thereof in his 
absence, shall read aloud the Constitution to the members,, 
and shall then say, " Gentlemen, shall we now proceed to 
elect officers?" If one third of the members of the Society 
then present shall declare for an election, an election for all 
officers of the Society shall then and there be had; other- 
wise, all officers shall be continued in office for another year,, 
and the chairman of the Committee shall so announce. 



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The Committee shall supply any vacancy in its own mem- 
bers; and keep a record of its proceedings. 

Art. IX. — Miscellaneous. 

Section i. Three members of the Executive Committee 
-shall constitute a quorum; and the chairman and any two 
members may call a meeting of the Society. 

Sect. 2. No proposition to amend this Constitution shall 
be entertained unless submitted in writing to the Executive 
Committee at least three months before a regular meeting, 
with the signatures of three members of the Society attached 
to the proposed amendments. Nor shall the proposed 
amendment be entertained unless further endorsed in v/riting 
.as "approved" by at least two members of the Executive 
Committee. And no amendment shall be adopted which 
has not received the votes of at least one half of the actual 
■members of the Association at the time of its adoption, 
which fact must be certified in writing to the Society by the 
President and Recording Secretary. 

Sect. 3. The Executive Committee can not, nor can any 
of its members, originate a proposition to amend the 
•Constitution. 



BY-LAWS. 



I. Any Alumnus of the St. Louis University may become 
a member of this Society by paying an admission fee of ten 
dollars. 

II. Each member shall pay an annual subscription fee of 
ten dollars, payable on the ist of July in each and every year . 

III. The regular exercises of the Society shall be a literary 
entertainment and a banquet — to take place in St. Louis 
during the week of the St. Louis Agricultural Fair. 

IV. Those members selected by the Executive Committee 
to prepare literary exercises for the annual entertainment 
shall receive notice, in writing, of their appointment from the 
Chairman of said Committee not less than three months 
before the date of the celebration. 

V. It is the duty of the members so selected to accept or 
decline said appointments, in writing, at once. In making 
the appointments, the Executive Committee will appoint an 
alternate for each exercise. In case the first appointee shall 
decline, or neglect for one month after notification of his 
appomtment to accept the same in writing, the President of 
the Executive Committee shall at once notify the alternate, 
who shall then discharge the functions of the first appointee. 



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VI. An annual meeting of the Society shall be held on 
the first Wednesday after the first Monday in October. 

VII. Any member neglecting to pay his dues within one 
month after they accrue shall be reported as delinquent 
to the Recording Secretary by the Treasurer and dropped 
from the roll. 

VIII. It shall be the duty of each member when changing 
his place of residence to immediately notify the Secretary of 
such change. 



LIST OF THE ALUMNI 

And theii\ Residences. 



1834. 

John Servary Baltimore, Md. 

Paul A. F. Du Bouffay St. Louis Co., Mo. 

Peter A. Walsh St. Louis, Mo. 

1835- 

Hon.. Bryan Mullanphy St. Louis, Mo. 

Benjamin Eaton St. Louis, Mo. 

Bartholomew McGowan St. Louis, Mo. 

Jeremiah Langton, Esq St. Louis, Mo. 

1836. 

Joseph Puch y Bea Campeeche, Mexico. 

John Shannon Natchez, Miss. 

1838. 

Jas. W. Sunderland New England. 

Valsin Dupuy Iber^dlle, La. 

Theophilus Littel Opelousas, La. 

1840. 

Wm. X. Guilmartin Pennsylvania. 

Rev. J. G. H. Kernion, S. J Cincinnati, Ohio. 

1841. 

Peyton Spence St. Louis, Mo. 

John J. Morgan Madison, La. 



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1842. 

Henry B. Kelly, Esq New Orleans, La. 

Alex. J. P. Garesche, Esq St. Louis, Mo. 

Theodosius Barret St. Louis, Mo. 

1843. 

Hon. J. Richard Barret - New York City. 

Rev. Frederic P. Garesche Milwaukee, Wis. 

Isaac Cooper St. Louis Co., Mo 

Edward Carrel Louisville, Ky. 

1844. 

Rev. Thomas M. Finney St. Louis, Mo. 

Didies Guion St. Louis, Mo. 

Francis Leavenworth Mt. Vernon, Ind. 

Ferdinand L. Garesche St. Louis, Mo. 

1845. 

Ellsworth F. Smith, M.D St. Louis, Mo. 

j. B. Smith Alleyne, M.D St. Louis, Mo. 

1846. 
Lucian Carr St. Louis, Mo. 

1848. 
Philip McKeever New Orleans, La. 

1850. 

Thos. R. E. Harvey Saline Co., Mo. 

John Harty St. Louis, Mo. 

1852. 

Rev. John Coughlan, S. J Chicago, 111. 

Edward T. Farish, Esq St. Louis, Mo. 

Rev. Edward Fitzpatrick, C. M St. Louis, Mo. 

William Linton Chicago, 111. 

Honiere MHle Louisiana. 

Edmond Trepagnier St. Charles, La. 



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1853. 

Thomas A. Lonergan, M. D St. Louis, Mo. 

F. L. Haydel, M.D St. Louis, Mo. 

Frederic Ihmsen , Pittsburg, Penn. 

1854. 

Emile Doumeing New Orleans, La. 

William Kenny St. Louis, Mo. 

Adolph Menard Louisiana. 

1855- 

Charles A. Pope, M.D St. Louis, Mo. 

M. L. Linton, M.D St. Louis, Mo. 

Robert A. Bakewell, Esq., A.M St. Louis, Mo. 

George J. Hood St. Louis, Mo. 

Edward Leavy St. Louis, Mo. 

Henry B. Murphy Old ]Vlines, Mo. 

1856. 

Bartholomew M. Chambers St. Louis, Mo. 

Robert Corcoran St. Louis, Mo. 

John H. Reel St. Louis Co., Mo. 

Emile Webre Louisiana. 

1858. 

James A. Kelly St. Louis, Mo. 

Ge9rge A. Dickenson ^ St. Louis, Mo. 

Adolph Webre Louisiana. 

1859. 

Frederic W. Elbreg Cincinnati, Ohio. 

James A. Kennedy, Esq Waterloo, 111. 

Thomas Grace, Esq St. Louis, Mo. 

i860. 

Aloysius Averbeck, S. J St. Louis, Mo. 

Eugene H. Brady, S.J St. Louis, Mo. 

James Keenan St. Louis, Mo» 

Thomas Lyons St. Louis, Mo. 

Rev. Patrick F. O'Reilly St. Louis, Mo.. 



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i86r. 



Rodney W. Anderson St. Louis, Mo. 

Marcellin M. Boissac St. Gabriel, La. 

Francis X. McCabe, Esq St. Louis, Mo. 

John Moynihan, S. J Woodstock, Md. 

Bernard M. Rice St. Louis, Mo. 

1862. 

John Broderick St. Louis, Mo. 

John H. Ketterer ^t. Louis, Mo. 

Francis X. Lamotte St. Louis, Mo. 

John Langton Ilhnois. 

Louis Tessoii, M. D Western Plains. 

1863. 

Andrew J. Kennedy, Esq St. Louis, Mo. 

Jeremiah Conroy ...St. Louis, Mo. 

Gerald L. Griffin Memphis, Tenn. 

1864. 

James A. Timmons Bowhng Green, Ky. 

Julius S. Walsh St. Louis, Mo. 

James Belden Monterey, Mexico 

James A. Butler, Esq Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Jules J. Desloge St. Louis, j\Io. 

George W. Fichtenkam, Esq St. Loius, Mo. 

George H. Loker - St. Louis, Mo. 

James A. Walsh St. Louis, Mo. 

Jos. W. Rickert Waterloo, 111. 

1865. 

Francis E. Bonnet St. Louis, Mo. 

Holdridge O. Collins, Esq New York. 

Charles W. Knapp St. Louis, Mo. 

Charles C. Lamotte St Louis, Mo. 

Lewis C. Smith St. Louis, Mo- 
Francis Stuever, M.D Bavaria, Germany. 



28 CONSTITUTION ANP BY-LAWS. 

1866. 

Wolsey Collins, Esq. New York. 

Bernard Finney St. Louis, Mo. 

1867. 

Shepard J. Barclay, Esq Germany. 

Don Alonzo Burke Carlinville, 111. 

Charles F. Loker St. Louis, Mo. 

John B. O'Meara... St. Louis, Mo. 

1868. 
Ambrose J. Cecil Kentucky. 

1869. 

FeUx McArdle, M.D St. Louis, Mo. 

George H. Backer - St. Louis, Mo. 

Charles A. Fanning St. Louis, Mo. 

Leon Greneaux -...- - - Natchitoches, La. 

Robert T. Holloway Shelbyville, 111. 

Le^^ds McCabe St. Louis, Mo. 

1870. 

Montrose A. Fallen, M.D St. Louis, Mo. 

John F. McDermott St. Louis, Mo. 

Daniel D. Burnes Weston, Mo. 

Michael J. McLoughhn St. Louis, Mo. 

Joseph A. Mulhall - ...St. Louis, Mo. 

George E. Wilkinson Yazoo City, Miss. 

Louis A. Lebeau -- -- -.-Hermitage, La. 

Benjamin T. McEnery Monroe, La. 

Jefiferson L. Mellon Claysville, Mo. 



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